1 Corinthians 4
1 Let men look upon us as Christ’s servants, and as stewards of the hidden truths of God.
Efe ndifyo munu atubhalangili tete, kama bhatumishi bha Kristu ni bhawakilishi bha siri sa ukueli sa K'yara.
2 Now what we look for in stewards is that they should be trustworthy.
Katika ele, kakilondeka kwa uwakili ni kwamba bhayele bha kutumainibhwa.
3 But it weighs very little with me that I am judged by you or by any human tribunal. No, I do not even judge myself;
Lakini kwanene nene ni khenu kidebe sana kuya nihukumiwa ni muenga au hukumu ya kibinadamu. Kwa ndabha nikihukumu lepi hata nene na muene.
4 for, though I am conscious of nothing against myself, that does not prove me innocent. It is the Lord who is my judge.
Nihukumulepi nene na muene, eye iyelepi ni maana kuwa nene niyele ni haki. Ni Bwana yakanihukumu.
5 Therefore do not pass judgment before the time, but wait till the Lord comes. He will throw light upon what is now dark and obscure, and will reveal the motives in men’s minds; and then every one will receive due praise from God.
Henu, mkolokutama hukumu juu ya lilyoha lhela kabla ya wakati, kabla ya kuhida kwa Bwana. ilotakuleta munuru mambo ghaghafihiki mugiza ni kufunula makusudi gha mioyo. Ndipo khila mmonga ilotakupokela sifa sa muene kuhomela kwa K'yara.
6 All this, Brothers, I have, for your sakes, applied to Apollos and myself, so that, from our example, you may learn to observe the precept — ‘Keep to what is written,’ that none of you may speak boastfully of one teacher to the disparagement of another.
Henu, kaka ni dada yangu, nene na muene ni Apolo nitumili kanuni ese kwa ajili ya yhomo. Ili kwamba kuhoma kwatete mwibhuesya kujifunza maana gha lusumu, “Kolokulota zaidi ya kakiyandikibhu.” Eye ni kwamba kuyele mmonga wa yhomo yaki yakiunila juu ya yhongi.
7 For who makes any one of you superior to others? And what have you that was not given you? But if you received it as a gift, why do you boast as if you had not?
Maana ni niani yaibhona tofauti kati ya muenga ni yhongi? Ni kiki kauyenaku kawapokili bure? Kamaumalikupokela bure, kwandayakiki mwikifuna kama mwaketili naha?
8 Are you all so soon satisfied? Are you so soon rich? Have you begun to reign without us? Would indeed that you had, so that we also might reign with you!
Tayari myenafu fhoha ambafyo ngamwilonda! Tayari muyele ni utajiri! Muyandili kutawala - na kwamba mwimiliki zaidi ya tete tayhotho! Kueli, nikabhatakila umiliki unofu ili kwamba tumilikiai pamonga ni muenga.
9 For, as it seems to me, God has exhibited us, the Apostles, last of all, as men doomed to death. We are made a spectacle to the universe, both to angels and to men!
Kwa henu nidhani K'yara atubhekili tete mitume kama atuvasiri wa muishu mu mustari wa maandamano ni kama bhanu bhabhahukumibhu kukhomibhwa. Tuyele kama tamasha kwa ulimwengu, kwa malaika na kwa bhanadamu.
10 We, for Christ’s sake, are ‘fools,’ but you, by your union with Christ, are men of discernment. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honoured, but we are despised.
Tete ni bhajinga kwa ajili ya Kristu, lakini muenga ni bhabhayele ni hekima mu Kristu. Tu bhanyonge, lakinimuenga muyele ni nghofho. Mwiheshimibhwa, lakini tete tidharaulibhwa.
11 To this very hour we go hungry, thirsty, and naked; we are beaten; we are homeless;
Hata saa eye tuyele ni njala ni kiu, tuyelepi ni nghofho, tiyele ni mapigo, kabhele tiyelepi ni pakuishi.
12 we work hard, toiling with our own hands. We meet abuse with blessings, we meet persecution with endurance,
Tifuanya mbombo kwa bidii, kwa mabhokho ghayhotho ka bhene. Pathidharaulibhwa, tibalikibhwa, Wakati ptitesibhwa, tivumilila.
13 we meet slander with gentle appeals. We have been treated as the scum of the earth, the vilest of the vile, to this very hour.
Patilighibhwa, tikelebhusya kwa upole, tiyele, ni tukakhona tibhalangibhwa kuwa kama kutawala ni dunia ni takataka kwa mambo ghoha.
14 It is with no wish to shame you that I am writing like this; but to warn you as my own dear children.
Nujandikilepi mambo agha kubhaaibisya muenga, lakini kubhakerebhukila muenga kama bhana bha nene yanibhaganili.
15 Though you may have thousands of instructors in the Faith of Christ, yet you have not many fathers. It was I who, through union with Christ Jesus, became your father by means of the Good News.
Hata kama muyele ni bhalim makumi elfu mu Kristu, bhayelepi bha dadi bhingi kwa ndabha nijele dadi yhinu mu Yesu Kristu kuphetela injili.
16 Therefore I entreat you — Follow my example.
Henu nikabhasihi mnigai nene.
17 This is my reason for sending Timothy to you. He is my own dear faithful child in the Master’s service, and he will remind you of my methods of teaching the Faith of Christ Jesus — methods which I follow everywhere in every Church.
Eyu ndiyo sababu namtumili kwa yhomo Timotheo, mpendwa wa nene ni muana mwaminifu mu Bwana. Ilotakubhakhombosya njela syangu mu Kristu, kama kanifundisya kila mahali ni khila kanisa.
18 Some, I hear, are puffed up with pride, thinking that I am not coming to you.
Henu baadhi ya muenga bhikisifu bhikikheta, kana kwamba nihida lepi kwa muenga.
19 But come to you I will, and that soon, if it please the Lord; and then I shall find out, not what words these men use who are so puffed up, but what power they possess;
Lakini nilota kuhida kwa yhomo kitambo, kama Bwana akaganai. Ndipo nilotakumanya si malobhi gha bhene tu bhabhikisifu, lakini nilota kubhona nghofho sa bhene.
20 for the Kingdom of God is based, not on words, but on power.
Kwa ndabha Ufalme wa K'yara wiyalepi mu malobhi bali mu nghofho.
21 What do you wish? Am I to come to you with a rod, or in a loving and gentle spirit?
Mwilonda kiki? Nihida kwa yhomo ni ndonga au kwa upendo ni katika roho ya upole?
